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Women, family, and work : writings on the economics of gender / edited by Karine S. Moe. - Oxford, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2003. - xii, 239 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the stage / Karine S. Moe -- A feminist critique of the neoc lassical theory of the family / Marianne A. Ferber -- Rational choice a nd the price of marriage / Robert Cherry -- Conceptualizing and measuri ng bargaining power within the household / Cheryl Doss -- Gains from tr ade and specialization / Leslie Stratton -- But-- who mows the lawn? / Lisa Giddings -- Economic theories of fertility / Diane Macunovich -- T he child care economics conundrum / Julie Nelson -- The child care prob lem for low-income working families / Jean Kimmel -- The human capital explanation for the gender gap in earnings / Joyce P. Jacobsen -- Occup ational segregation around the world / Debra Barbezat -- Labor market d iscrimination / Irene Powell -- Employment discrimination, economics, a nd the law / Joni Hersch.

ISBN: 0631225773 (pbk : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2002-008974

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Work and family.
Sex role.
Women--Employment.
Families--Economic aspects.
Sexual division of labor.

Dewey Class. No.: 330.082